A fan of management theory, Lisa believes you can’t improve, what you don’t measure and residents need real benchmarking metrics to know where the city is and wants to be. Conventional slogans like efficiency, quality of life and sustainability are rarely tracked or practiced. UDRIVE Norwalk is committed to researching and sharing municipal data in education, the environment, housing, income, jobs, quality of life, health and safety.

Unaffiliated, Lisa describes herself as a moderate, common sense, financially responsible adult. New to elections, but not politics, she narrowly lost the 2019 mayoral election to the 3-term, former police chief incumbent. She believes responsible management should prevail over cronyism or partisanship and her goal is to increase voter literacy and demand better accountability and professionalism from city officials.

Before entering local politics, Lisa spent 20 years with AT&T, and five more as a management consultant. The mother of two and three-time cancer survivor retired from the corporate world and began volunteering in school, which lead to a 12 year teaching career. She’s a vocal advocate for education, land use and property tax reform. She has a BS in Journalism & Mass Communication from the University of Utah, an MS in Public Policy & Administration from American University and is an alumnus of The Campaign School at Yale.